Loosely based on an actual event in the story creator Ryan Jaffe's real life. Jaffe plays roller hockey with a group of friends in Hollywood. During a game, one of the high school aged players mentioned his band needed a drummer. One of the adult players piped up and offered to play with the teen rockers and an idea was born. The story of how the drummer is kicked out of being in the biggest band in the world is taken from Pete Best, who suffered the same fate as the original drummer of The Beatles. Best himself makes a brief cameo role in the film.